Borussia Dortmund reset their brains and bodies for another match following their 1-2 result vs Manchester City, a fixture that produced some answers. How will this affect the battle against Schalke 04?
- Borussia Dortmund have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Schalke 04 have yet to win a game away.
The Revierderby, also known as the Ruhr Derby, is the name given to any football match played between Borussia and Schalke 04. There are also other teams in the area, but these are the biggest two and they enjoy an intense rivalry.
These are hustling days for the hometeam, as they played only three days ago in the Champions League. That game was an away game at Manchester City, so at least Borussia Dortmund are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
Borussia Dortmund have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Bundesliga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
The club members are hoping that Borussia Dortmund will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Champions League fixture against Manchester City. Reus, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the top performer for the team in that fixture, collecting a rating of 7.15 (out of 10). Reus served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).
A Bundesliga defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at RB Leipzig.Borussia Dortmund are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 9 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 7, drew 0 and lost 2.
Borussia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games.
Schalke 04 form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Bundesliga for Schalke 04 with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts. Visiting Schalke 04 has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Schalke are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the fixture against Bochum (placed 18th). Hooray; their first three points in the league after six games not winning. Mohr was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.82. The defender Mohr served one assist, hit one key pass and won 1 of 2 duels.
A 1-1 draw at Stuttgart's stadium before that.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Schalke 04 played away with similar odds. This revealed 6 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 6 times.
The attacking power of Schalke 04 when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Schalke have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Borussia Dortmund have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when facing Schalke 04.Top Goalscorers
  M. Bülter 3 goals |   M. Reus 2 goals |  R. Guerreiro 1 goals |
Borussia Dortmund missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| Borussia Dortmund | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 5.2 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 6 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8.7 | 7.2 |
| 2.2 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 11 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.3 | 12.8 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3.7 |
| 35% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 12.3 | 9.3 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 19.3 | 15.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
- Borussia Dortmund have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Schalke 04 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Schalke 04 have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Berlin | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 2 | Freiburg | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 12 |
| 4 | Hoffenheim | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Mainz 05 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 7 | Köln | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | Stuttgart | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 16 | Wolfsburg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Bochum | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -14 | 0 |
